[OccupyComms] March Occupy National Conference Proposal

[tina bakolitsa]

Hi Carlus, all,

There is another national conference in the process of being organised and
set up by Occupy Southend. This should be announced shortly, i.e. after
this weekend's GA.

The reason this was not announced earlier is first, because there was no
wish to clash with the regional conference announced earlier this month
(Occupy South West) and second, because there were a number of logistical
issues that needed checking and clearing beforehand.

As far as I am aware, this conference is considered for sometime early-mid
April (possibly more likely after Easter) but again, it depends on the
general assembly's decision.

I'm cc'ing Neil from Occupy Southend for reference. Please address any
further communication to him.

Best wishes,

Tina


On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Hudson, Carlus <ch451 at exeter.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hey everyone, and solidarity from Occupy Exeter!
>
> It doesn’t look like much in the way of a national conference for Occupy
> is being organised for March after the February one fell through. We’re in
> a position where we need to organise something in the next couple of weeks
> or we risk losing the momentum and huge progress we’ve made as a movement
> in developing ties with each other and better coordinating as Occupy across
> the UK.
>
> I've talked to Symon from Occupy Birmingham, and we'd like to make a joint
> proposal for Birmingham to host a conference for UK Occupations on the
> weekend of the 30th March. They have the resources to provide for all the
> logistical needs of the conference like food and accommodation, and would
> be delighted to have us all conferencing here!
>
> Naturally, if there is already a conference in the works at another UK
> Occupation, I've talked to Symon and Birmingham will step aside in that
> situation since it’s more important that we don’t degenerate into bickering
> over the relatively minor issue of where the conference should be, and when
> it’s so urgent that we get a conference going as soon as possible.
>
> In terms of legitimacy and whether the term ’national conference’
> accurately applies, if the Birmingham conference goes ahead it will not
> claim to represent or speak on behalf of any occupations who don’t have any
> of their members present. The occupations attending will be made clear in a
> press statement at the end of the conference.
>
> Thoughts, everyone?   :)
>
> Carlus
> Occupy Exeter
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